Synonym: convert, convict, convince, induce, win over. Antonym: dissuade. Similar words: versus, leadership, squad, for sure, pursuit, visual, casual, unusual. Meaning: [pər'sweɪd /pə's-] 
v. 1. win approval or support for 2. cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm.
v. 1. win approval or support for 2. cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm. 
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91. They leaned over backwards to persuade him out of his plan.
92. It did not persuade them to abandon the war but it did force them to reappraise their strategy.
93. He eventually managed to persuade one of the staff to let him in.
94. Insurance companies try to persuade them to cover themselves against fire.
95. She used her womanly wiles/charms to persuade him to change his mind.
96. She still stuck no matter how hard I tried to persuade her.
97. He had chosen the right bait to persuade her to go.
98. I've been trying to persuade her to take on more staff, but so far without success.
99. I'm trying to persuade your dad to buy some shares.
100. I had a terrible job to persuade her to come!
101. Since they had failed to persuade the unions,[www.Sentencedict.com] the government tried the new tack of forcing them to agree.
102. She'll only take me back if I can persuade her that I've changed.
103. All her wiles were not enough to persuade them to sell the property.
104. Doctors should try to persuade smokers to kick the habit.
105. It took all her tact and diplomacy to persuade him not to resign.
106. She had the gumption to write directly to the company manager and persuade him to give her a job.
107. He asked her again in the vain hope that he could persuade her to come .
108. He did his utmost to persuade me not to go.
109. It will be difficult to persuade them that there's no other choice.
110. She tried to persuade the soldiers that they would not suffer reprisals if they surrendered.
111. Ginny's left me, and there's nothing I can do to persuade her to come back.
112. I want to persuade this little girl of mine to go overseas with me.
113. She appeared on daytime TV in a forlorn attempt to persuade the public of her innocence.
114. I tried to persuade her, but she just wouldn't listen to reason.
115. I tried every trick in the book but I still couldn't persuade them.
116. He's so adamant that however hard I tried to persuade him to join us he did not change his mind.
117. I tried to persuade her to wait but she wasn't having any.
118. I could not persuade myself that this exciting moment would ever come.
119. Once he's taken up a defensive attitude, it's difficult to persuade him that there's nothing to be afraid of.
120. It wasn't easy to persuade her to come-quite the reverse.